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rival

英 ['raɪvl] 美['raɪvl]

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近义词with match compete vie

反义词

n. 对手；竞争者
vt. 与…竞争；比得上某人
vi. 竞争
adj. 竞争的
n. (Rival)人名；(英、法、西)里瓦尔

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词态变化

复数: rivals;第三人称单数: rivals;过去式: rivalled;过去分词: rivalled;现在分词: rivalling;

助记提示

1. 河流的两岸 => 对峙、敌手、对手 => 就像撕裂的东西而形成的对峙。
2. 同源：river, rival, rive, ...

中文词源

rival 竞争者

来自拉丁语 rivalis,邻居，对手，竞争者，来自 rivus,溪流，河谷，来自 PIE*reie,流动，流水，奔跑，词源同 run,Rhine.

英英释意

1. the contestant you hope to defeat;: "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"

英文词源

rival: rival: [16] A rival is etymologically ‘someone who uses the same stream as another’. The word comes from Latin rīvālis, a noun use of an adjective meaning ‘of a stream’, derived from rīvus ‘stream’ (source of English derive). People who use or live by the same stream are neighbours and hence, human nature being as it is, are usually in competition with each other – hence rival.
=> derive
rival (n.): 1570s, from Latin rivalis "a rival, adversary in love; neighbor," originally, "of the same brook," from rivus "brook" (see rivulet). "One who is in pursuit of the same object as another." The sense evolution seems to be based on the competitiveness of neighbors: "one who uses the same stream," or "one on the opposite side of the stream" A secondary sense in Latin and sometimes in English was "associate, companion in duty," from the notion of "one having a common right or privilege with another." As an adjective 1580s from the noun.
rival (v.): c. 1600, from rival (n.). Related: Rivaled; rivaling.

同义词辨析

compete, contend, contest, rival

这些动词均可表示"竞争"之意。

compete：普通用词，含义广泛。既可指体育活动等活动中争取优胜的相互竞争，也可指为了自己的利益与他人竞争。

contend：指为战胜或击败对手进行不懈努力，强调拼搏。也可指口头上进行有对立情绪或严重分歧的争论。

contest：指为争夺土地、阵地、权力或荣誉等而展开的竞争。

rival：指在两方或多方的竞争或比赛中，谁都想战胜或比得上对手。

match, equal, rival

这些动词均含"相称，比得上，与……相比"之意。

match：指对手之间力量、强度、性能或利益等的较量或竞争。

equal：指在数量、价值或程度等方面已完全相等。

rival：指某人或某物在和对手竞争中，在能力、质量等方面都能与之相匹敌，都能比得上。

opponent, competitor, enemy, foe, rival

这些名词均有"对手，敌手"之意。

opponent：最常用词，通常指在争论、辩论、竞选或竞赛以及其它各种矛盾冲突中站在对立面的"对手"或"敌手"。

competitor：指为同一目标或目的竞争者，一般无感情色彩。

enemy：多指充满敌意的仇敌。

foe：语气较强，多用于书面文字和诗歌中。指不仅敌对，而且很危险，怀有很深的敌意。

rival：指与某人目标一致而想赶上或超过他的人，匹敌者。

考试真题

Avis, a car-hire firm, has a share in a sharing rival.

Rival firms competed with each other to follow where he led.

His insistence on putting users first, and focusing on elegance and simplicity, has become deep-rooted in his own company, and is spreading to rival firms too

an unbeatable rival in the computer industry

His firm determination to win in the competition against his rivals.

Competition from rival companies.

Local media reports suggest Calbee and its main rival Koike-Ya are halting almost 50 products.

The idea is that competition between rival operators would lead to better service at airports.

They became rivals of their Parisian counterparts.

Several opponents have recently emerged, ranging from rival tech giants such as Microsoft and Amazon to small bodies representing authors and publishers across the world.

In Einstein's day, there were only a few thousand physicists worldwide, and the theoreticians who could intellectually rival Einstein probably would fit into a streetcar with seats to spare.

Both may fail when confronting experienced rivals.

Later, move established companies raced to add such patents to their files, if only as a defensive move against rivals that might bent them to the punch.

Court, school organizations of amateurs, and the traveling actors were all rivals in supplying a widespread desire for dramatic entertainment; and no boy who went a grammar school could be ignorant that the drama was a form of literature which gave glory to Greece and Rome and might yet bring honor to England.

实用场景例句

The two teams have always been rivals.: 这两个队一直是竞争对手。

The Japanese are our biggest economic rivals.: 日本人是我们最大的经济竞争对手。

This latest design has no rivals (= it is easily the best design available) .: 这种最新款式独领风骚。

[只用于名词前]a rival bid/claim/offer: 竞争投标；对立的权利要求；竞争的出价

fighting between rival groups: 对立团体间的争斗

He was shot by a member of a rival gang.: 他被敌对团伙的一名成员开枪击中。

You will find scenery to rival anything you can see in the Alps.: 你能看到的景色可与你在阿尔卑斯山所见的任何景色相媲美。

The world champion finished more than two seconds ahead of his nearest rival...: 世界冠军领先第二名2秒多钟到达终点。

He eliminated his rivals in a brutal struggle for power...: 他在一场残酷的权力争斗中将对手一一铲除。

...a wonderfully fragrant wine which has no rivals in the Rhone...: 在罗纳河地区独一无二的无比香醇的葡萄酒

He is a pastry chef without rival.: 他是最好的面点师。

Cassette recorders cannot rival the sound quality of CDs...: 卡式磁带录音机的音质无法和CD相媲美。

An epidemic to rival that which killed 26,000 in 1989 may hit the UK.: 一种流行病可能会袭击英国，其危害程度不亚于1989年导致26,000人丧生的疾病。

The prime minister was supplanted by his rival.: 首相被他的政敌赶下台了.

None of us can rival him in strength.: 我们谁也没他劲大.

The company is in a position closely analogous to that of its main rival.: 该公司与主要竞爭对手的处境极为相似.

We whomped our arch rival in the season's climactic football game.: 我们在该季最精彩足球赛中打败了我们主要的对手.

The rival team members bantered before the game.: 双方队员在比赛前互相说笑.

She competed with her rival for a prize.: 她与对手一比高低以图获得奖品.

The ups and downs of the rival parties furnished subjects for two excellent cartoons.: 敌对两党之盛衰给两幅最优秀的漫画提供了题材.

Street violence has escalated as a result of a turf war between rival neighbourhood gangs.: 两个地段流氓团伙之间因地盘之争引发街头暴力升级.

She defeat all her rival for the job with nonchalant ease.: 她从容不迫地击败求职的所有竞争者.

He had to endure the taunts of his successful rival.: 他不得不忍受成功了的对手的讥笑.

No one could rival him in this respect.: 在这方面没有人能胜过他.

He beat his rival.: 他击败了他的竞争对手.

He made several nasty insinuations about his rival.: 他几度对他的对手进行恶意的隐射.

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